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  • 27 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 27

Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA)? Empirical analysis shows that developing countries serving on the board can expect more than double the funding from the IBRD as countries not on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?

Summing Up This month's column presented two views of the importance of customer loyalty management, one challenging its feasibility and long-term impact (Michael Treacy, Double Digit Growth) and one concluding that it is one of the most important drivers of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 22 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing

most manufacturers, including this one, tend to assign the same inventory policy for all products in a product line. By fine-tuning inventories according to SKU-level demand, a manufacturer can increase profits and reduce inventory risks.... View Details
Keywords: by Frederick H. Abernathy, John T. Dunlop, Janice H. Hammond & David Weil; Consumer Products
  • 01 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

value. [Please see [graphic.] A unique aspect of profit wheel analysis is that it interlocks with two other wheels that analyze cash flow and return on equity. Many companies are paying attention to one of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
  • 22 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 22, 2016

profit generated by different business strategies. Formulas and examples are provided to calculate the profit generated by changes in market share, revenue growth, efficiency improvements, and support costs.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

in equilibrium, that a mandatory sharing setting can result in high-quality products, and that free riding can actually increase profits and consumer surplus. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/vkumar/Papers/COSS.pdf Changing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 17

problems, prebuilt Excel models to calculate customer lifetime value, and charts and graphs that help visualize the results. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511029-PDF-ENG Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Pricing and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 15

cost of excess inventory. Investors, lenders, and suppliers interpret this statistic for signs of the retailer's health, future sales prospects, and impending costs. While prior research on inventory has typically focused primarily on the retailer's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Jun 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Tech Investment the Wise Way

be appropriate to the opportunities inherent in the new technology. If not, its use will lead to inaccurate analysis and underinvestment. That is one source of the bias exhibited by successful firms facing novel technologies, and it is... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough & Richard S. Rosenbloom
  • 27 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 27, 2016

to 2010 and how these have changed over time. The analysis finds pervasive deconcentration in virtually every area related to ICT, but it can explain only a small part of this trend. Deconcentration happens despite the role of lateral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 22

and overly restricting access to credit and consumer choice. Nicolas Retsinas, Eric Belsky, and their colleagues aim to stimulate debate based on analysis of the opportunities and challenges presented by the various components of global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 20, 2016

issue high-headline-rate and more complex products in low-rate environments. Finally, we find that high-headline-rate and more complex products are more profitable for banks, and that their ex post performance is lower. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 5

  Working PapersTo Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts Authors:Benjamin Edelman, Sonia Jaffe, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract We examine the profitability and implications of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

contingent claims analysis (CCA). We illustrate how to use the CCA approach to model and measure sectoral and national risk exposures, and analyze policies to offset their potentially harmful effects. This new framework provides economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 24, 2006

improving forecasts in corporate settings. We examine the implementation of a supply chain planning process at a consumer electronics company, concentrating on the consensus forecasting approach around which the process revolves. Our View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

Frei. Their customers are better off and the organizations earn a disproportionate share of the profits over their competitors. Frei, who spoke with HBS alumni on June 4 in a session titled "Capitalizing on the Power of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

explore the use of more distributed institutional forms. In this article, we review the emerging scholarship on the formation and function of self-regulatory institutions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-089.pdf Evolution View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Aug 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light

thought they had a great case as stewards of intellectual property, it wouldn't matter how many lawyers a target company had," argues Cohen. The most incriminating piece of information in the data concerns conglomerates—companies that make View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services
  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

ambiguity of profits and power, as well as the often-jealous interactions between different solutions to the problem of empire. The book presents a powerful mosaic of imperial theories and practices contributing to the creation of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers

actually been marked by steady decreases in concentration since World War II. Executives, they write, "need to break free of the biases that lead them to pursue larger and larger cross-border deals. There are better, more profitable... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar

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